Policy on

GRANTING APPEALS OF ASSESSMENT FOR MINISTRY AND MISSION

As Revised by Diocesan Convention November 1985

This policy has the following two guidelines:

1. Is the anticipated income of the parish or mission, for the year in which the assessment is to be paid, substantially disproportionate to the income for the base year?

2. Is the request received from a parish or mission for a modification only one of a number of requests received from parishes and missions within the same base income category, thereby suggesting that the rate table is inequitable when applied to that base income category?

Subsequent to the Diocesan Convention which has approved an assessment schedule for a current year, the Ways and Means Committee may grant an adjustment to the assessment of a parish or mission when such an adjustment could be considered under the guidelines of the current policy regarding appeal of assessment and such action shall be reported to the next Diocesan Convention.